nmm 22 4500 ICPSR09038 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130520s1984 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR09038 MiAaI MiAaI Operation Hardcore [Crime] Evaluation [electronic resource] Los Angeles, 1976-1980 Los Angeles District Attorney's Office 2006-01-12 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1984 ICPSR 9038 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-20. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. This evaluation was developed and implemented by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office to examine the effectiveness of specialized prosecutorial activities in dealing with the local problem of rising gang violence, in particular the special gang prosecution unit Operation Hardcore. One part of the evaluation was a system performance analysis. The purposes of this system performance analysis were (1) to describe the problems of gang violence in Los Angeles and the ways that incidents of gang violence were handled by the Los Angeles criminal justice system, and (2) to document the activities of Operation Hardcore and its effect on the criminal justice system's handling of the cases prosecuted by that unit. Computer-generated listings from the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office of all individuals referred for prosecution by local police agencies were used to identify those individuals who were subsequently prosecuted by the District Attorney. Data from working files on all cases prosecuted, including copies of police, court, and criminal history records as well as information on case prosecution, were used to describe criminal justice handling. Information from several supplementary sources was also included, such as the automated Prosecutors Management Information System (PROMIS) maintained by the District Attorney's Office, and court records from the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County, the local felony court. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09038.v2 arrests icpsr assault icpsr burglary icpsr correctional facilities icpsr crime icpsr criminal histories icpsr criminal justice system icpsr defendants icpsr delinquent behavior icpsr demographic characteristics icpsr disposition (legal) icpsr district attorneys icpsr driving under the influence icpsr drug possession icpsr felony offenses icpsr gang violence icpsr gangs icpsr hearings icpsr jails icpsr kidnapping icpsr murder icpsr plea negotiations icpsr rape icpsr robbery icpsr sentencing icpsr theft icpsr victimization icpsr weapons icpsr witnesses icpsr RCMD I. Crime ICPSR XVII.E. Social Institutions and Behavior, Crime and the Criminal Justice System NACJD VI. Criminal Justice System NACJD XIV. Homicide Studies Los Angeles District Attorney's Office Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09038.v2